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A Decision Support System for Production/ Distribution Planning in Continuous Manufacturing
Author(s) -
Mallya Sudhir,
Banerjee Snehamay,
Bistline William G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2001.tb00971.x
Subject(s) - decision support system , production (economics) , vendor , production planning , computer science , time horizon , distribution (mathematics) , operations research , process (computing) , linear programming , manufacturing engineering , industrial engineering , operations management , business , engineering , marketing , economics , data mining , mathematical analysis , mathematics , finance , algorithm , macroeconomics , operating system
This paper presents a decision support system (DSS) for managing production/distribution planning in a continuous manufacturing environment. The vendor has multiple plants and distribution centers (DCs). The trading partners have widely varying independent demand patterns. The DSS is designed for use in a multiproduct environment with overlapping raw materials and processing requirements. The production and distribution lead times at plants may span multiple planning periods. The impact of any manual override of a suggested solution can also be evaluated. The DSS is based on a linear programming model with a rolling horizon and was originally designed for a large process industry. Results of a pilot implementation using actual data are also presented, which show potential for significant savings for the company.